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Author:   R. Barker Bausell Ph.D.
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 21.30cm
Weight:   0.431kg
ISBN:  

9780195383423

ISBN 10:   0195383427
Pages:   320
Publication Date:   27 August 2009
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction 1: The Rise of Complementary and Alternative Therapies 2: A Brief History of Placebos 3: Natural Impediments to Making Valid Inferences 4: Impediments That Prevent our Physicians and Therapists From Making Valid Inferences 5: Impediments that Prevent Poorly Trained Scientists from Making Valid Inferences 6: Why Randomized Placebo Control Groups Are Necessary in CAM Research 7: Judging the Credibility and Plausibility of Scientific Evidence 8: Some Personal Research 9: How We Know that the Placebo Effect Exists 10: A Bio-Chemical Explanation for the Placebo Effect 11: Do CAM Therapies Work Or Are They Placebo Effects? Evidence From High Quality Randomized Placebo Controlled Trials 12: Do CAM Therapies Work Or Are They Placebo Effects? Evidence From High Quality Systematic Reviews 13: How CAM Therapies Are Hypothesized to Work 14: Tying Up a Few Loose Ends Notes Index

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<br> Mr. Bausell has emerged with a book about his true intellectual passion-- how we teach, how kids learn, and what would give us better results... His vision of the learning lab -- with students touching computer screens as they follow computerized lessons, each of them learning at his or her own pace, and with tutors providing individualized instruction as necessary-- suggests a more efficient model for learning, particularly for children already behind the curve, and real urgency about the future. --Dan Rodricks, The Baltimore Sun<br><p><br>

Mr. Bausell has emerged with a book about his true intellectual passion-- how we teach, how kids learn, and what would give us better results... His vision of the learning lab -- with students touching computer screens as they follow computerized lessons, each of them learning at his or her own pace, and with tutors providing individualized instruction as necessary-- suggests a more efficient model for learning, particularly for children already behind the curve, and real urgency about the future. --Dan Rodricks, The Baltimore Sun

Author Information

R. Barker Bausell, Ph.D., a professor at the University of Maryland Baltimore, was Research Director of a National Institutes of Health-funded Complementary and Alternative Medicine Specialized Research Center.

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